added autovalidation (auto_validate! in your ExtendedDocument) and extracted some extlib stuff so we will soon be able to remove the dependency.

spec/couchrest/core/server_spec.rb

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 
 describe CouchRest::Server do
   
-  before(:all) do
-    @couch = CouchRest::Server.new
-  end
-  
-  after(:all) do
-    @couch.available_databases.each do |ref, db|
-      db.delete!
-    end
-  end
-  
   describe "available databases" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @couch = CouchRest::Server.new
+    end
+
+    after(:each) do
+      @couch.available_databases.each do |ref, db|
+        db.delete!
+      end
+    end
+    
     it "should let you add more databases" do
       @couch.available_databases.should be_empty
       @couch.define_available_database(:default, "cr-server-test-db")
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe CouchRest::Server do
     end
     
     it "should verify that a database is available" do
+      @couch.define_available_database(:default, "cr-server-test-db")
       @couch.available_database?(:default).should be_true
       @couch.available_database?("cr-server-test-db").should be_true
       @couch.available_database?(:matt).should be_false